Transgressing Non-Crossable Borders: Disability, Law, Schooling, and Nations

VITAL QUESTIONS IN DISABILITY STUDIES AND EDUCATION, S. Danforth, S. Gabel, eds., Peter Lang Publishers, 2006

31 Pages Posted: 19 Jun 2010

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Bernadette Baker

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Fiona Kumari Campbell

School of Education & Social Work; University of Kelaniya

Date Written: 2006

Abstract

This paper looks at a recent High Court of Australia Case ‘Purvis v. NSW Department of Education’ through the lenses of a Derridan framework and explores what the case says about disability, education and imaginary borders of nation.

Keywords: nation, disability studies, ontology, ableism, disability aporia

Suggested Citation

Baker, Bernadette and Campbell, Fiona Kumari, Transgressing Non-Crossable Borders: Disability, Law, Schooling, and Nations (2006). VITAL QUESTIONS IN DISABILITY STUDIES AND EDUCATION, S. Danforth, S. Gabel, eds., Peter Lang Publishers, 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1626490 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1626490

Bernadette Baker

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Fiona Kumari Campbell (Contact Author)

School of Education & Social Work ( email )

Dundee, Scotland DD1 4HN
United Kingdom

University of Kelaniya ( email )

Kelaniya
Sri Lanka
Kelaniya, Western 11600
Sri Lanka

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